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$20 this year on a driveway across the street from a regular customer, plus cookies and nuts. The guy was shoveling or rather chopping away with his 2 daughters and wife, they flagged me down, and man were they happy , especially the wife and daughters, the 15 or 16 year old son was in the house.

I forgot, I got 2 free big breakfast's at the local McDonalds for backing up and dropping the plow and cleaning off the drivethrough lane from the speakers to the pickup window, then after that the Mgr sells me stuff at a discount once in awhile.

There are a few older ladies I mow and plow for that bring out the cookies or a can of pop, and the occasional $10 or $20.
BEST tip ever received wasn't monetary. Christmas Eve and we got slammed with a quick 8" snow. First Christmas I spent away from the family working and I had a daughter that would be seeing her first Christmas Eve without me. I was totally BLUE and feeling sorry for myself. I was wondering at what point you stop servicing your customers and tell them to stick it. I chose to plow only the churches (obviously) and driveways and a nursing home we plow. It hit on a weekend and most businesses I had Dec 26 to cleanup before the work week. While sitting in the Bobcat feeling sorry for not being with my wife and firstborne, I saw an old lady and gentleman who was helping her out of the car and back into the nursing home after midnight church service. I jumped out of the cat and helped her to the door. Realizing this may be her last Christmas (she was really old) I could sense how giddy she was about the snow. There were almost tears in her eyes she was so happy exclaiming "I just can't remember the last white Christmas it has been so long. This is just wonderful!" She thanked me so much and that was the best tip ever. It was enough to jumpstart me :redbounce and get me through the night knowing my family sacrifice enabled her and everyone else we plowed the opportunity to enjoy their Christmas. Let's face it, when you are plowing on Christmas it is all about retaining the customers because I would have given back every penny and every inch of snow to be there with my family if I could. But that would lose customers which pays our families bills all year.
Sorry about getting sappy on you guys, but sometimes it isn't about the dollars at the end of the snow. Life is bigger than my profit margins. They aren't what make me happy. (Although low profits sure can make you unhappy!)